Team Manager | Career Progression | IFA | Hybrid 

We're working with a highly regarded independent fostering agency based in Leeds, to find a Team Manager who's keen on joining a welcoming service to lead and inspire a team while keeping children's outcomes at the heart of everything.

This is a hybrid role with responsibility across Yorkshire and the North East - managing a team of social workers, developing services, and helping to continue to shape a high-quality, therapeutic fostering service. You'll be part of the operational management team and play a key part in both strategic decisions and delivery.

What's in it for you: Salary: £44,000 - £53,045 

28 days annual leave + bank holidays

Your birthday off + extra "Good Health" days
Career progression built in from day one, allowing you further progression into senior management should you wish 
Leadership training and CPD opportunities
Supportive senior leadership who've grown within the agency, in-house progression is very much encouraged!
Non-caseholding management role, so you can focus on people management, the quality assurance and professional growth 

Your responsibilities will include:

Managing and supporting a team of supervising social workers

Lead on placement planning, matching, and service development
Developing and maintaining strong relationships with Local Authorities
Driving quality assurance, safeguarding and compliance
Coaching and supervising staff and chairibng team meetings
Contributing to carer recruitment
Ensuring foster carers receive excellent training and support
Participating in the manager on-call rota and ensuring OOH support is available 

This is a great opportunity to go into a non-case holding role where you will manage a close-knit team of supervising social works. You will be joining an independent fostering agency who are really big on they're big on in-house progression, so if you're looking to further advance your career beyond TM level, this is very much a possibility in the not so distant future! 

For this role, you do require a social work qualification & registration to Social Work England.

To apply for this role, send your up to date CV to (url removed). Or call Chris on (phone number removed) if you have any further questions